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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Stranahan, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stranahan and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Stranahan:
- 47.995529, -110.321320
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Stranahan
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Chouteau County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Chouteau County
- Since Stranahan is near Hill County, we have provided a link to its eBird sighting report:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hill County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Stranahan
Curious and Interesting Names Near Stranahan ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Big Sandy
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)
- Box Elder
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Banks Landing
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Coal Banks Landing is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coal Banks Landing
- Colony Bay ‑ Historic
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
- Colony Bay is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Colony Bay
- Geraldine
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the south)
- Lonesome Prairie ‑ Historic
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
- Lonesome Prairie is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lonesome Prairie
- Rocky Boy
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Boy is located in Hill County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Boy
- Rocky Crossing
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
- Rocky Crossing is located in Chouteau County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rocky Crossing
How Far From Stranahan to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Stranahan to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stranahan and extending to:
- Fort Benton, which is the Seat of Chouteau County, lies 19 miles [30.6 km]<2> to the southwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stranahan to Fort Benton, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 6 hours.
- Helena, which is the State Capital of Montana, lies 125 miles [201.2 km] to the southwest (SW). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 8 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,766 miles [2,842.1 km] to the east (E). Driving would take most of three days, a buggy would take 69 days and walking would take 101 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,522 miles [10,496.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,291 miles [11,733.7 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,309 miles [8,544 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stranahan) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Stranahan to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stranahan. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 47.9955, Longitude: -110.3213 In this case, the coordinates for Stranahan have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 331.166 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 331.243 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 320.02 degrees. |
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